English Explanatory Dictionary

copyholder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who rents land under the copyhold system.
  2. A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
  3. A person who holds copy and reads it aloud to a proofreader, who checks the typeset text against it.

Word forms

copyholder copyholders

Etymology

From copy + holder.

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